Mummy Bandage from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Tutankhamun, ca. 1336–1327 B.C. Linen. L. 165 cm (64 15/16 in.); W. 6 cm (2 3/8 in.). From: Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Valley of the Kings, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Davis/Ayrton excavations, 1907–08. Credit: Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1909.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A pale linen bandage strip wrapped into rolls at both ends, photographed against a neutral gray background.
The image shows a single long, off-white textile bandage laid horizontally. Both ends are rolled tightly, forming two cylindrical bundles. The central portion displays fine, parallel fiber texture consistent with woven linen and faint creasing/folding from the wrapping. No painted decoration, embedded objects, or visible pigment is apparent. The bandage surface in the available view does not clearly show any hieroglyphs or other script, and there are no readable cartouches or inscriptions. No deity iconography is visible.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116274488 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 09.184.797 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548838 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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